Taxonomy of the Cuban blind snakes (Scolecophidia, Typhlopidae), with the description of a new large species Author Domínguez, Michel Author Moreno, Luis V. text Zootaxa 2009 2028 59 66 journal article 41340 10.5281/zenodo.186240 2f626f91-281e-48c5-9b52-7052663e307b 1175-5326 186240

TABLE 2. Comparison between Typhlops golyathi and Typhlops arator. Data for T. arator were obtained from Thomas

Character Dorsal snout pattern	Species T. golyathi Ogival to rounded	T. arator Ogival
Lateral snout pattern	Pointed	Pointed to rounded
Rostral pattern in dorsal view
Acuminate posteriorly	Weakly	Strongly
Umbo	Weakly	Strongly
Flared on anterior apex	No	Strongly
Parallel sides midrostral	Nearly	No
RWD1/RLD2 RWD2/RWD1 ((RWD1 + RTL)/TL)*100 OLM/OW	1.03 1.01 1.90 0.80	0.97 1.04 2.46 ≈ 0.5
OS	0.79	0.19